Bottle-labeling machine.



No. 678,833. Patmnmyie, 190|.

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BOTTLE-LABELING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES.

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PATRICK F. CASSIDY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO BOSTON BOTTLE WIRING AND LABELING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE-LABELING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,833, dated July 16, 1901.

Application filed March 29, 1900. Renewed April 29, 1901. Serial No. 58,051. (No model.)-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK F. CAsstDY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suolk and State of Massachusetts,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Labeling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for af- 1o fixing labels to bottles.

The primary object is to provide improved means for insuring engagement of the pastetransferrer with the paste-roll on the down- Ward stroke and prevent such engagement I5 on the return.

A further object is to insure the separation of each label as it is affixed to a bottle from the remaining labels stacked in the hopper or on the label-bed; and further objects are 2o to provide means for adjusting the hopper to accommodate labels of different sizes, to adjust the label-bed for various-sized bottles,and to construct a machine of this character whichl will be simple, strong, and durable.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a label-attaching machine 3o embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a front elevation, a portion of the standard being broken away. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the paste holder and transferrer. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig.

6 is a detail. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the-label-bed. Fig. 8 shows in full lines the pasteroll in connection with the transferrer, the lowered positions of these two parts being in- 4o dicated in dotted lines. Fig. 9 shows the position of the transferrer-rollers on the downward stroke-that is, as the transferrer is moving toward the labels. Fig. 10 shows the position of such rollers on the return of the Fig. 11 shows the central section of the label-bed as depressed by a bottle. Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a standard, and 2 a head mounted thereon having on its top a label-hopper. The bed 3 of 5o this hoppeuis composed of tWo flat side plates 4 and a central flat plate 5, said plates having interlocking fingers 6, which permit the side plates to be moved laterally to accommodate between their opposite curved edges bottles of different sizes. These side plates, which are movable on the top of head 2, are normally held by pawls 7, engaging racks 8 on the front of the head. The central plate 5 is capable of being depressed by pressure on a bottle placed longitudinally thereon. lt is mounted on a rod 9, encircled by a spring 10, which serves to hold a collar 11 of said rod against a boss 12, through which the rod is passed. Thus the central plate is held normally in line with the side plates. The labels rest centrally on plate 5 and are positioned thereon b v side gages 13, supported on the upper ends of pivoted arms 14, which arms are connected by links 15 to opposite ends of a lever 16, fulcrumed on boss 12. A 7o coil-spring 17, connected to the arms 14, tends to draw them together; but their positions may be readily regulated by a threaded rod 18, passed through a stud 19 and having a thumb-nut 20. Each gage is flanged at one end and is provided with an adjustable member 21, also flanged at one end and fitted with a screw passed through a slot and clamped by a nut 22. Each gage may be adjusted to accommodate labels of dierent sizes by moving its member 21 and the two gages may be relatively positioned by turning nut 20.

23 is a foot-treadle mounted in standard 1 and connected ,by a rod 24 to one arm of a bell-crank lever 25, fast on a shaft 26, supported by brackets 27, projecting rearwardly from head 2. The other arm of this bellcrank lever is projected into a cylinder 28 through a slot in the bottom thereof and connected to an arm of a piston 29. In the closed 9o end of this cylinder is a screw 30, formed with longitudinal grooves t0 control the inlet and escape of the air. Adjustably mounted in an arm 3l, projecting from the top of cylinder 30, is a gage 32, the front end of which acts as a stop to limit the insertion of a-bottle across the label-bed.

33 33 are tWo arms fast on the end of shaft 26, said arms having weights 34 on their lower ends, which, together with coil-springs 35, Ioo

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connected to said arms and to standard 1, tend to hold the arms in their normal nearlyupright position. The arms 33 at their upper ends support a paste-holder 36, to which are also pivotally connected Atwo guide-arms 37, which latter are pivoted at their lower rear ends to brackets 27. By this construction the paste-holder always maintains a horizontal position. Axially mounted within the paste-holder is a grooved roll 38, the periphery of which extends through a slot in the top of the holder.

At the ends of the paste-holder are mounted two horizontally-disposed rails 39, upon which travel rollers 40 of a paste-transferrer 41. This transferrer consists of a plate removably secured by a screw 42 to a crosshead 43, movable vertically at its ends on upright guide-rods 44,which latter are connected at the top by a cross-bar 45 and supported at their lower ends by lateral projections of head 2. The paste-transferrer is formed on its under side with a series of grooved portions which are designed to engage with the grooved paste-roll in the descent of the transferrer, but which are prevented from having such engagement as the latter moves upwardly. This I accomplish by mounting the axles of the rolls 40 in rearwardly-inclined guideways 46. These consist of inclined plates 47 ,paralleling correspondingly-inclined lower edges of studs 48, depending from crosshead 43. As the treadle is depressed, causing the descent of the paste-holder across and beneath the paste-transferrer, the rollers 40, which .travel on rails 39, move to the forward ends of the inclined guideways, allowing the transferrer to engage with and elfect the rotation of the paste-roll. As the paste-holder ascends under the action of the spring-impelled weighted arms 33 the rollers 40 move to the lower ends of the guideways, elevating the transferrer to such an extent relatively to the paste-roll that as the latter passes rearwardly thereunder it is not engaged thereby. Hence at each operation the transferrer is brought into engagement with a fresh part of the paste-roll.

49 49 designate two arms keyed on a shaft 50, supported by brackets 51, secured to the rear of head 2. On one end of this shaft is a crank-arm 53, carrying a small roller 54, which engages with a side piece on the adjacent arm 33. A coil-spring 55, secured at one end to crank-arm 53 and at its lower end to one of the bracket-s 27, acts on shaft 50 to throw arms 49 downward across the labels when the paste-holder is lowered sufliciently to free the crank-arm 53 from engagement with arm 56 56 designate two rotary brushes axially mounted on crank-shafts 57, secured to the sides of head 2 by nuts 57 in such manner that said shafts may be adjusted to position the brushes closer together or farther apart. Each brush carries a pawl 58, engaging a ratchet 59, fast on shaft 57. This enables the brushes to be turned in opposite directions to bring fresh surfaces into line for passage of bottles on which labels have been applied.

In practice a stack of labels is placed upon the bed of the hopper, the end gages are adjusted to hold the labels in position, and the plates 4 are laterally adjusted to accord with the size of the bottles to which the labels are to be affixed. Thereupon the operator presses downwardly on the treadle, effecting the rocking of the carrying-arms 33 and the forward downward movement of the paste-holder, allowing the lowering of the paste-transferrer, the weight of whichis upon the side rails 39. The transferrer having been supplied with paste by its engagement with the roll 38 bears upon the topmost label, which latter is prevented from adhering thereto by the arms 49. Pressure being released from the treadle, the pasteholder moves upward and backward, elevating the transferrer, but without contact of its roll therewith, the label-holding arms 49 being also raised out of engagement with the labels. Jarring or strain upon the parts as they return to their normal position is avoided bythe piston 29, the escape of the air from cylinder 28 being retarded by screw 30. The operator then inserts the bottle lengthwise over plate 5 and against the stopgage 32 and bearing downwardly on said bottle depresses plate 5 and with it the labels, the topmost one of which will adhere to the bottle. Thereupon pressure is relieved, and the bottle is moved downwardly between the brushes 56, which latter insure a smooth contact of the label with the bottle. In depressing plate 5 all of the labels thereon go with it, and this bending of the labels causes the sides or ends of the lower labels to open back from the label adhering to the bottle and pre- IOO vents more than one label being withdrawn at a time.

I claim as my inventionl. A label-afxing machine comprising a paste-holder, a paste-transferrer, means for moving the former across the face of the latter as it approaches and also as it recedes from the label-bed, said transferrer engaging said paste-holder as the former moves toward the label-bed, and means acting on one of said parts to prevent such engagement when the direction of the movement of the transferrer is reversed.

2. A label-affixing machine comprising a paste-holder, a paste-transferrer, the former being moved on a curved line and the latter on a straight line intersecting the line of movement of the paste-holder, which latter is designed to engage with the paste-transferrer when the parts are moved in one directiononly.

3. A label-afxing machine comprising a paste-holder, a verticallymovable pastetransferrer carried byr said paste-holder, means for moving the latter over and into engagement with the lower face of the paste- IIO IIS

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transferrer on the'forward stroke, and means for preventing such engagement on the return stroke, as 'set forth.

4. A label-affixing machine comprising a paste holder, a verticallymovable pastetransferrer carried by said paste holder, means for moving the latter over and into engagement with the lower face of the pastetransferrer on the forward stroke, and means carried by the paste-transferrer for raising it relatively to the paste-holder on the return stroke, as set forth.

5. A label-alxing' machine comprising a paste-holder having a projecting roll, a vertically-movable paste-transferrer carried by said paste-holder, means for moving the latter over the lower face of the paste-transferrer, said roll engaging said face, and means for raising the paste-transferrer relatively to the roll on the return stroke, as set forth.

6. A label-affixing machine comprising a paste-holder having a projecting roll, side rails carried by said holder, a vertically-movable paste-transferrer having rollers bearing on said rails, and means for moving the pasteholder over the lower face of the paste-transferrer, substantially as set forth.

7. A label-afxing machine comprising a paste-holder having a projecting roll, side rails carried by said holder, a vertically-movable paste-transferrer having rollers bearing on said rails, and inclined guideways for the axles of said rollers, and means for moving the paste-holder over the lower face of the paste-transferrer, substantially as set forth.

8. A label-afxing machine comprising a paste-holder, a roll mounted therein having a grooved periphery, a verticallymovable paste-transferrer carried by said paste-holder having a grooved face designed to engage with said roll on its downward movement, means for moving said paste-holder across said face of the transferrer and means for raising the transferrer relatively to the roll on the return stroke, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination with the shaft, and the arms carried thereby, of a paste-holder mounted between said arms and having a projecting roll, rails carried by said holder, means for operating said shaft, and a verticallymovable paste transferrer having rollers bearing on said rails, the raising and lowering of said transferrer being effected by the movements of said paste-holder, substantially as set forth.

10. The combination with the shaft, and the arms carried thereby, of a paste-holder mounted between said arms and having a projecting roll, rails carried by said holder., means for operating said shaft, and a vertically-movable paste-transferrer having rollers bearing on said rails, and also having inclined guideways in which the rollers are free to move from end to end according to the direction of movement of the parts, substantially as set forth.

11. The combination with the shaft, the arms carried thereby, and means for holding said arms normally upright, of a paste-holder mounted between said arms, a verticallymovable paste-transferrer operated by the movements of said paste-holder, a treadle connected to said shaft, an air-piston and cylinder and a connection between said piston and said shaft, substantially as set forth.

12. The combination with the shaft, and the arms carried thereby weighted at their normally lower ends, of a paste-holder pivotally mounted between the upper ends of said arms, guide-arms also connected to the paste-holder, a vertically-movable paste-transferrer, upright rods therefor, said paste-transferrer being operated by the movements of said pasteholder, a bell-crank lever on said shaft, a treadle connected to one arm of said bellcrank lever, and a piston and its cylinder, one arm of said bell-crank lever being connected to said piston, substantially as set forth. 13. In a label-aftixing machine, a bed or support for the labels composed of a central depressible member, and two stationary side members, the latter being arranged relatively to the former in such manner that labels resting on said depressible member will extend also onto said side members.

14. In a label-aftixing' machine, a bed or support for the labels composed of a central depressible member, two side members, and means for adjusting said side members laterally in relation to the central member to accommodate bottles of different sizes, substantially as set forth.

15. In a label-aflixing machine, a label-bed having stationary side members and a central depressible member, all of said members having opposite interlocking fingers, substantially as set forth.

16. In a label-afxing machine, a label-bed having two laterally-adj ustable side members formed with opposite Iingers, and a central depressible member formed with side fingers 'interlocking with those of the side members,

substantially as set forth.

17. In a label-affixing machine, a label-bed comprising two side plates, pawls carried by said plates, stationary rack-bars independent of said plates with which said pawls engage, said side plates having opposite ngers, and a central spring-held plate having fingers interlocking with those of the side plates, substantially as set forth.

18. In a label-aftixing machine, a label-bed, side gages, arms carrying the latter, and means for relatively adjusting said arms, substantially as set forth.

19. In a label-affixing machine, a label-bed, side gages having adjustable sections, pivoted arms carrying said side gages, a lever, links connecting said arms to said lever, a spring between said arms, and an adjusting rod and nut for relatively adjusting said gages, substantially as set forth.

20. Alabel-aftixin g machine havinga label- IOO IIO

bed, e paste-holder, arms carrying the latter, a paste-transferrer, a spring-impelled shaft having a crank-arm on one end designed to be engaged by one of seid arms, and two arms on said shaft designed to extend across said label-bed when the transferrer is lowered and to be raised therefrom when said crank-arm is engaged by the said Carrying-erm.

21. In a. label-affixing machine, two spacedapart circular brushes, two corresponding crank-shafts forming axles for and upon Lwhich said brushes are rotatably mounted,

and means adjustably holding seid crankshafts in place, whereby the axle portions of such shafts may be moved toward or away from eaeh other, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have axed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK F. CASSIDY.

Witnesses:

OALEB H. SWAN, EDWIN PLANTA. 

